In our latest podcast, Meredith Hawkins and Nihal Thomas discuss a “lost” condition, which they name type 5 diabetes. Listen now to explore the fascinating history of the disorder and the urgent need for effective treatments. open.spotify.com/episode/3mSY...

Pledges have been made to tackle the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) & mental health conditions—but financing has not followed. Ahead of the #UNGA high-level meeting on NCDs, explore 7 key actions to improve financing & health outcomes: tinyurl.com/49vnsxad @lancetgh.bsky.social

Our October issue is now live! lnkd.in/eezpGTwq Featuring: 👉 An Editorial on the burden of NCDs among people of South Asian heritage www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 👉 A Comment urging global health policy makers to recognise obesity as a disease www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #HLM4

Sept 15-19 is #PeerReviewWeek and the theme is "Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era". So, can computers review global health research papers? Find out what we think in our Editorial from earlier this year: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Please save the date for a Webinar entitled "Reporting race and ethnicity data in Lancet journals: a pathway to improving health outcomes and equity in research and clinical practice" Thursday, October 23, 2025, 11:00 BST / 12:00 CEST Sign up here: hubs.li/Q03GrTGb0

Attending the World Health Summit #WHS2025 in Berlin? Paraminder Dhillon, Senior Editor, invites you to reach out with enquiries. Explore our scope, reach & impact, commitment to publishing excellence, & more: hubs.li/Q03BL5DX0 @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social

New #opendata in #globalhealth: "Data from: The impact of aid sanctions on maternal and child mortality, 1990–2019: A panel analysis" from researchers Ruth Gibson, Paul Wise, Joseph Dieleman, @yotoyotov.bsky.social et al 🧪 DATASET: bit.ly/3I6fdhY @lancetgh.bsky.social ARTICLE: bit.ly/4ggEhQ7

#MSF in @lancetgh.bsky.social - "Evolving crises and unprecedented need: research on health in humanitarian settings must not be overlooked" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Please save the date for a Webinar on the importance of analysing, reporting, and interpreting data according to sex and gender: Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at 14:00 BST / 09:00 EDT. Sign up here: hubs.li/Q03FR1wP0

The September issue is now live! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Featuring: 👉 Our Editorial on restoring dignity to the marginalised as sovereign knowers 👉 Estimation analysis of war-time mortality in Sudan 👉 The global burden of cancer attributable to HIV

🚨 New publication! Our RCT in 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso & 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire shows that adding either non-pyrethroid indoor residual spraying (IRS) or intensive behaviour change communication (BCC) to LLINs reduces #malaria burden. In @lancetgh.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/S221... #GlobalHealth #VectorControl

Published in @lancetgh.bsky.social earlier this year, the report presents the first global estimates of medical oxygen need & access gaps. This session will share Commission findings & recommendations to save lives & prepare for the next respiratory pandemic. Register now: union2025.urevent.fr

Please read our new @lancetgh.bsky.social paper "Dignity-based practice in global health research: a framework of expectations" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... We analysed complaints on knowledge practices in global health to identify expectations that affirm the dignity of marginalised knowers.

⚖️ Obesity recognised as a disease? A new @lancetgh.bsky.social commentary urges global policy to treat obesity as a chronic disease, integrate care into health systems, and tackle stigma alongside prevention. 🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #SciComm 🧪 #Obesity

The August issue of The Lancet Global Health is now live! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Featuring: 👉 Anti-corruption in health 👉 Global burden of kidney failure with replacement therapy 👉 Leprosy in Pakistan

📃🩺🧪🌏Remarkable paper in @lancetgh.bsky.social on factors associated with health-care (in)efficiency. 🤓TL;DR summary➡️Most surprising result: development assistance for health is associated with inefficiency📉 #MedSky #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

1/ 🚨 New Lancet Global Health Commission on Anti-Corruption in Health: Corruption - an institutional failure & a global threat www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #GlobalHealth #AntiCorruption @martinmckee.bsky.social @eleanorhutch.bsky.social @preslavastoeva.bsky.social @tolibmirzoev.bsky.social

Reduced international donor funding through not only the termination of #USAID, but also announced reductions in donor pledges to #TheGlobalFund from other countries, could lead to substantial potential impacts on #TB morbidity and mortality. Read how in our new study in @lancetgh.bsky.social 👇

🌍 Climate cost of 'ethical' AI? A new @lancetgh.bsky.social paper warns that AI in health is worsening climate harms; fuelled by water use, emissions & extractive tech. 🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #SciComm #EthicalAI 🧪

Our work estimating the potential impacts of reductions in international donor funding for #TB is now out in @lancetgh.bsky.social: bit.ly/3TDl28T @raclark18.bsky.social @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @alexandra-richards.bsky.social @top-j.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @richardwhite321.bsky.social

📢in @lancetgh.bsky.social we show heavy catastrophic health expenditure burden in people with chronic respiratory disease symptoms,Meru #Kenya.🔍 Of 296 adults,26% had #CHE (health costs>10% household expenses),CHE more likely in females & if seeking care accompanied or at sub-county/county hosps.

📢 A new @lancetgh.bsky.social study finds 26% of adults with chronic respiratory symptoms in Meru County, #Kenya face catastrophic health costs. 72% lacked #NHIF, 95% used coping strategies. Study urges stronger #SocialProtection. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #CHE #UHC #P4HNetwork

The July issue is now live! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Featuring an Editorial on protecting transgender and gender-diverse health, an Article on the burden of stroke, ischaemic heart disease, and dementia in Africa, and a Viewpoint on climate change, health, and ethical AI.

🧵 Thrilled to share our latest paper @lancetgh.bsky.social on multimorbidity-related hospital admissions in Malawi & Tanzania. Increased medical complexity in sub–Saharan African hospitals requires urgent interventions to address population needs. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Check out our latest article on @lancetgh.bsky.social 🚩 1 in 6 chemotherapy products tested in LMIC settings failed assay🚩 This work was possible thanks to funding from @NIH & our in-country PIs. Thank you Dr. Marya Lieberman for your amazing leadership! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

And now, after 7 months of baking, the shiny @lancetgh.bsky.social manuscript has emerged! Very excited to share this as the culmination of a huge amount of work and fantastic/constructive peer review process. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪🩺 #IDsky #icusky

Cancer remains a major challenge of global health equity. In @lancetgh.bsky.social, authors provide multilevel recommendations to enhance global cancer care for sexual and gender minority populations: tinyurl.com/33j3wzst

Findings from the IAVI A-050 study, published in @lancetgh.bsky.social demonstrate that vaccination with MTBVAC caused similar or stronger immune responses compared to the BCG vaccine in adults, of MTBVAC were as safe as BCG. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Attending #EDCTPforum? edctpforum.eu Zoë Mullan, Editor-in-Chief, invites you to reach out with enquiries. Explore our scope, reach & impact, commitment to publishing excellence, & more: hubs.li/Q01JYhQD0

Listen to Senjuti Saha, Deputy Executive Director of the Child Health Research Foundation, discuss the results of her fascinating study on the health-care burden of RSV in Bangladesh in our latest podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/1358155 Read the full paper here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The June issue of The Lancet Global Health is now live! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Featuring, amongst much more: 👉🏻 Post-pulmonary tuberculosis lung function 👉🏻 Trends in HPV-related cancers in South Africa 👉🏻 Research priorities in global burns care

Updated analysis of effective refractive error coverage (eREC) worldwide published in @lancetgh.bsky.social today.

Very excited to share our new piece of work in the Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social – Periskope-CM, a set of personalised risk prediction tools for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis mortality: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDsky #HIV #GlobalHealth #meningitis #fungal 1/8

Mwamba, Pasib & Hasker in @lancetgh.bsky.social: to avoid Human African Trypanosomiasis deaths & make best use of investments made in #fexinidazole, it is now crucial to ensure #accessibility in remote sub-Saharan #Africa areas #HAT #NCD @itmantwerp.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A new two-part Series explores primary care access, affordability, and quality in LMIC cities. Please take a look at the papers, or access an engaging summary in this super video. Paper 1: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Paper 2: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM82...

The May issue of The Lancet Global Health is now live! This month we focus on maternal and child health, drawing attention to some of the worrying signs of "a rolling back of recent gains in maternal and neonatal survival just when new impetus is needed most" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#GenderJustice is under attack - this Lancet Commission shows how we fight back. Clear. Urgent. Actionable. For those ready to confront injustice in global health, read the Executive Summary now: bit.ly/42l5rim #GlobalHealth #Gender #HealthEquity @thelancet.bsky.social @lancetgh.bsky.social

The Priorities in Global Burns Research partnership, led by @bristoluni.bsky.social and @bristolbrc.bsky.social researchers, has identified the top 10 priorities in burns care research from 88 countries. The findings are published today in @lancetgh.bsky.social bit.ly/3Exkj5k

A Comment published in The Lancet Global Health (@lancetgh.bsky.social) argues for urgent acceleration of efforts to reduce maternal mortality www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Over 700 maternal deaths occur daily. We know how to prevent this tragedy, and faster progress is possible. Between 2000 & 2023, MMR dropped by 40%. In our new @lancetgh.bsky.social paper, we argue for urgent acceleration through evidence-based solutions: shorturl.at/5FR9M @khosla.bsky.social

🌍 Injuries are a major but overlooked global health crisis, especially in LMICs. Enhanced prevention and trauma care could save millions of lives. Read our new article in @lancetgh.bsky.social: thelancet.com/journals/lan.... #GlobalHealth #InjuryPrevention #TraumaCare #HealthEquity

Clinical trials: an essential tool for public health 🩺 A new Series in @lancetgh.bsky.social aims to strengthen the clinical trial ecosystem, emphasising: ✅ Ethical research ✅ Collaboration ✅ Quality improvement through investment More here: tinyurl.com/mr2dsdyz #MedSky

Launched today on #WorldHealthDay: The Lancet Commission on #Gender and #GlobalHealth. A bold call to put #genderjustice at the centre of #healthequity— with clear, actionable recommendations for change: bit.ly/42l5rim Proud of our role in helping to shape this work. #GenderAndGlobalHealth

On #WorldHealthDay, read our Editorial on reducing preventable #MaternalDeaths and #NewbornDeaths by supporting #PregnantAdolescents receive the health care they need www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The April issue is live! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Featuring papers on the causes of maternal death www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... and outcomes after surgery in Latin America www.thelancet.com/journals/lan..., plus our must-read Series on clinical trials www.thelancet.com/series/clini...

"This is a very important starting point," @who.int's Vasee Moorthy notes. "We've placed patients, potential participants, absolutely at the center of the ecosystem, which is clearly where they belong, and everything else follows from that." Read, avac.org/blog/lancet-.... #GPP

Are the trials that test our medicines really designed to match how we live our lives? 🤔 Writing in @lancetgh.bsky.social, an international team, led @christophercbutler.bsky.social, is calling for a fundamental shift in how we conduct health research to better serve real-world health & care needs.

We are pleased to announce the publication of our Impact Report. It highlights how we are transitioning from a focus on content donation to fostering reciprocal engagement, in order to nurture rich and diverse scholarly exchange. Access it here: www.research4life.or...

Just out: Ruth Gibson and colleagues use econometric analysis to estimate that ODA reductions as a result of aid sanctions imposed between 1990 and 2019 increased infant, under-5, and maternal mortality rates by 3·1%, 3·6%, and 6·4%, respectively, on an annual basis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Undernutrition is the leading risk factor for TB globally, so its very exciting to see this roadmap for integrating nutrition into the care of people with TB out now in @lancetgh.bsky.social, led by the amazing @tbtakenseriously.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...